Turkish President Erdogan visits London

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is visiting the U.K. on a three-day trip to meet with British officials. He brought up that the U.K. is Ankara’s second largest export target and Erdogan hopes to improve relations between the two nations in the future. During a public speech in the U.K., President Erdogan said, The […]

Turkey attempts to quell foreign press

Turkey, and more specifically President Erdogan, has a long-standing feud with social media. From banning access to Twitter and Facebook during the Gezi Park protests in 2013, where 11 people were killed in the four months of the unrest, to continuous protests of the Turkish government against social media companies. Interestingly, the protests in Gezi started […]

Erdogan surprises world with snap elections

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced snap presidential and parliamentary elections that will be held on June 24, 18 months sooner than the scheduled election date. The reasons for this are multiple. The difficulties the Turkish economy faces have probably made Erdogan unsure of how popular he’ll be in November 2019. So, he decided […]

Anarchy in Afrin as Turkey attempts to control the city

It has been almost one month since Turkish military forces and their proxy militia the Free Syrian Army seized control of the previously Kurdish occupied city of Afrin. Now, residents and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) say that chaos and anarchy have taken hold of the once peaceful city. Looting, torture and killing have […]

Russian alliance accuses the U.S. of failing in Syria

Officials from Iran and Russia have heavily critiqued United States foreign policy in regards to Syria, making accusations that the U.S. cares not for defeating the Islamic State but are instead pursue ulterior motives in the form of economic gain. Russia’s Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, implied that the United States had failed in the war […]

Trump tells Erdogan to curb Turkey’s Afrin offensive in Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to curtail his country’s military operations in Syria’s Afrin and avoid risk of conflict with American forces, the White House said. In a phone call on Wednesday, “President Trump relayed concerns that escalating violence in Afrin, Syria, risks undercutting our shared goals in Syria,” the […]

Foreign fighters join YPG fight against Turkey in Afrin

A group of foreign fighters, including three Britons, is heading to the Syrian city of Afrin to join the Kurdish YPG militia in their fight against Turkey. The news came as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Wednesday to press Turkey’s offensive against Kurdish militias in Syria until “the last terroristthe last terroristthe last […]

The FSA is fighting the SDF… and the US trained and armed both

As Turkey has crossed a serious line despite objection from the international community, there is another battle happening within this struggle that no one seems to be noticing. The Free Syrian Army (FSA) is a CIA-funded, trained and supportedtrained and supportedtrained and supported militant group that has recently aligned itself with Turkey for the Purposes […]

SDF releases public statement in the face of Turkish aggression

In light of the recent attacks by Turkish forces on sovereign Kurdish land in the territories of Afrin and Manbij, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has released a public statement: We in the Syrian Democratic Forces are a peaceful movement focused on defeating Daesh and bringing stability to Syria consistent with UN […]

Turkey shells Afrin as it awaits removal of Russian military observers

Turkey shelled Afrin on Friday amid reports Russian military observers were withdrawing from the Syrian-Kurd canton, in a move that would allow Turkish forces to launch a ground assault on Kurdish militants. Russia has based military observers in Afrin since 2015, and the subject of their removal was part of negotiations between Turkey and Russia […]

Turkish President Erdogen threatens Kurds with military action

The president of Turkey has made the bold statement that the country of Turkey was prepared to launch a major military operation on the Syrian cities of Afrin and Manbij within a week. This threat was made under the pretense that the Kurdish forces, SDF (Syrian Democratic forces), had until that time to withdraw all […]

Erdogan says Turkish operation in Syria’s Afrin to be supported by rebels

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey’s planned military operation against Kurdish militia forces in Syria’s Afrin region will be supported by Syrian rebel fighters. In recent days, Erdogan has repeatedly warned of an imminent incursion in Afrin after the U.S.-led coalition said it was working with the mainly Kurdish YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces […]